All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 212
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FocusFree sheet music: Joachim's Violin Romance in B flat edited by Itzhak Rashkovsky
Royal College of Music professor Rashkovsky offers advice on recreating the spirit of the great playera in this charming piece by the 19th-century virtuoso. Download the score as two PDFs at the bottom of the article
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GallerySimon Rattle conducts the first Young Orchestra for London
As part of the Berlin Philharmonic’s week-long London residency in February 2015, the Barbican and Southbank Centres joined forces with the London Symphony Orchestra to launch a new mixed-ability Young Orchestra for London.The ensemble comprised 100 students aged between 11 and 21, of Grade 3 standard and above, ...
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ArticleThe Mills Violano Virtuoso † a self-playing violin
The self-playing Violano-Virtuoso was invented by the Mills Novelty Company † Chicago-based specialists in slot machines, vending machines and juke boxes † in the early 1900s when player pianos and mechanical coin-operated devices were extremely popular. Early models were called Automatic Virtuosa and later a piano mechanism was ...
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ArticleItzhak Perlman talks about Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
There are two types of difficulty: technical difficulty, which you can solve when you practise, and then, of course, discomfort. The Tchaikovsky is uncomfortable to play - no matter how much you practise it.' Itzhak Perlamn talks about Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto and demonstrates some passages. Watch Perlman talking ...
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ArticleBrodsky Quartet performs God Only Knows with Elvis Costello
The Brodsky Quartet teams with singer-songwriter Elvis Costello to perform a very different arrangement of The Beach Boys song God Only Knows.Brodsky violist Paul Cassidy writes a Practice Diary on preparing for recording the Zemlinsky quartets in The Strad's February 2015 issue, out now.Subscribe to The Strad or ...
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NewsMinnesota Orchestra to perform in Cuba following restoration of US diplomatic relations
The orchestra last performed in Havana in 1929
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ReviewSculthorpe: Complete String Quartets with Didjeridu: no.12 ‘From Ubirr’, no.14 ‘Quamby’, no.16 & no.18
The Strad Issue: February 2015Description: An unusual combination of instruments brings gripping resultsMusicians: Del Sol Quartet, Stephen Kent (didgeridoo)Composer: SculthorpeIt’s an eyebrow-raising combination – string quartet and didgeridoo. But it’s one that this excellent CD (and Blu-ray audio) set makes a strong case for – in Sculthorpe’s ...
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NewsPhilharmonie de Paris architect sues venue’s sponsors
Jean Nouvel claims the new building differs from his original design
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ArticleSalomon Quartet performs Haydn
The Salomon Quartet — violinists Simon Standage and Catherine Martin, violist Adam Romer and cellist Andrew Skidmore — gives a period performance of Haydn's String Quartet op.71 no.2.Royal Academy of Music professor of Baroque violin Simon Standage contributes a Technique article on bow control and son filé to ...
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NewsVienna Philharmonic Orchestra advertises for new concertmaster
The orchestra is expressly looking for a female candidate who will first perform with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra
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ArticleMaxim Vengerov on Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
One note of wider vibrato can ruin the purity of the whole line...'Violinist Maxim Vengerov gives a masterclass on Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto at the Royal Academy of Music, London. Playing the solo part is Aya Sanada. The full 48-minute video is available to buy as a download or ...
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NewsWitold LutosŠ‚awski International Cello Competition awards joint first prize
Cellists Maciej KuŠ‚akowski and Zuzanna Sosnowska share the top honour
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ArticleViolist Yuri Bashmet on rubato
Rubato can only be effective if you work within the structure of a clear beat' Violist Yuri Bashmet describes how best to use rubato as part of a masterclass on Shostakovich's Sonata for Viola and Piano, recorded at the Verbier Festival Academy. The full 123-minute video is ...
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FocusDid early string players use continuous vibrato?
Contrary to current thinking, a light vibrato was the order of the day for 18th-century musicians, asserts Beverly Jerold
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ReviewNozeman: Sonatas for violin and basso continuo op.2
The Strad Issue: March 2015Description: Demonstrative and colourful approach to Nozeman’s second opusMusicians: Antoinette Lohman (violin) Furor MusicusComposer: NozemanThese stylish accounts of the op.2 Sonatas by Jacobus Nozeman (1693–1745) use a rich diversity of continuo instruments to striking effect. Although the technical stakes are higher than in ...
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ReviewUstvolskaya: Sonata for violin and piano, Trio for clarinet, violin and piano, Duet for violin and piano
The Strad Issue: February 2015Description: Committed playing makes this uncompromising music a compelling experienceMusicians: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) Reto Bieri (clarinet) Markus Hinterhäuser (piano)Composer: UstvolskayaThe reclusive Russian composer Galina Ustvolskaya had not yet hit her notoriously raw, intense stride in the three early string-focused works on this astonishing ...
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NewsFrank Peter Zimmermann forced to hand back ‘Lady Inchiquin’ Stradivarius
The violinist, who turns 50 this Friday, is attempting to buy the instrument, which was previously on loan from failed bank WestLB AG
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ArticlePatricia Kopatchinskaja performs Manuel de Falla and Heinz Holliger
Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja performs Manuel de Falla's 'Jota' from Suite Populaire Espagnole and Heinz Holliger's Das Kleine Irgendwas, which features spoken dialogue and an array of vocalisations, in November 2014.Kopatchinskaja contributes a Practice Diary to The Strad's January issue.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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ReviewBrahms: Violin Sonatas nos.1–3; Scherzo from ‘F–A–E’ Sonata
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: March 2015Description: Dumay returns to Brahms with yet more revealing resultsMusicians: Augustin Dumay (violin) Louis Lortie (piano)Composer: BrahmsWith two fine recordings of these timeless scores already safely under his belt (on EMI/Warner with Michel Béroff and on Deutsche Grammophon, minus the ‘F–A–E’ ...
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ArticleNikolaj Znaider performs Bach's Partita no.2 Sarabande
The Strad's March 2015 cover star, Nikolaj Znaider, performs the Sarabande from Bach's Solo Violin Partita no.2.The violinist talks about the importance of practising Bach and basics in his blog for The Strad.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. ...
